what does it tell you?

I have a possibly iffy CD rom drive, but don't know for sure. One time it was out of the mood, and wouldn't look at CD's burn em, or nothing. Now its, in a better mood and will even burn a data disc, but not a music disc. I was trying to put a WAV file on it, which is maybe something wrong there, don't know. Just now learning how to work with audio. Is it necessary for a music file to be compressed somehow to burn to disc?

For player compatibility it is probably best to have the software burn it uncompressed like it would be if you bought it from a store. What software are you using? If you think that something is wrong you can try to uninstall and reinstall the software. Even updating to a newer version might help. It isn't necessarily your burner. Also some players, other than cd-rom drives, (especially older players) might have trouble or not be able to play burned cds. Mine is like that. You could also try burning at the lowest speed.

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Actually, the answer turned out to be recording in 16 bit instead of 24 bit, because the burner software could not do 24 bit. Sounds like a burner upgrade is in order. Actually, Roxio got bought out by Nero, and I have yet to go to Nero for their latest burner software. I am using XP SP3. Once I recorded in 16 bit, it burned the disc with no problem. Also, I recorded at 44.1 khz, the lowest level the recorder would do, which was plenty fast.

Thanks for the feedback.